Patents Represented by Attorney Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP
  • Patent number: 7276681
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for correcting for gain changes in detectors in a guided vehicle. In one version of the invention, an on board light source is used to generate a reference set of detector gains, which are stored in computer memory. The on board light source is then pulsed at subsequent times and the signals generated by the detectors are compared to the reference set of detector gains to determine whether any gains have changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Alexander, David Schorr
  • Patent number: 7264150
    Abstract: A computerized drop safe running control and security software on a central processing unit controlling (CPU) operating features on and access to the drop safe. A user hierarchy has different access policies for making different transactions into the safe. Vault door access is controlled by the CPU to allow user access according to enabled policies. Transactions into and out of the safe vaults, motovend tube dispenser, and currency recyclers are recorded by the amounts and the user making the transaction into a memory coupled to the CPU. This data is also reported to a point of sale control interface at another location using a modem or Ethernet connection. The CPU can also receive data and control inputs by the modem and Ethernet, permitting centralized accounting and vending control options. A back office at the store can also easily access the safe for data retrieval or control inputs into the CPU using an Ethernet local area network computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Tidel Engineering, L.P.
    Inventors: Flynt Moreland, Douglas Busch, James Hoffmaster, Todd Dillen, Doug Powers
  • Patent number: 7258607
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air grille assembly for use especially with air conditioning and heating ducts, having a detachable grille constructed of a relatively thick material, such as wood, synthetic wood, vinyl or the like. The grille can mount against the structure and be coupled to a housing of thinner material that can fit in a standard-sized opening, and leave enough room for a standard-sized filter commensurate with such opening. Further, the disclosure can also provide an air grille assembly having a detachable grille with an exposed exterior frame with no movable or visible hardware, and can be removed from a housing by lifting the grille frame straight up or over, angling out the bottom and then sliding in the opposite direction. The grille assembly can be coupled into a structure's opening, and can include flanges to help ensure proper mounting without the use of special tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventors: Steven C. Machiorlette, Jessie Figueroa
  • Patent number: 7244578
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for utilizing a form of optimized suspension culture to examine the infectivity of pathogenic organisms and agents in human cells and tissues. Also provided are methods using a rotating wall vessel to predict chemosensitivity of cells and tissues to toxins and chemotherapeutic agents. These culture conditions potentiate spatial colocalization and three-dimensional assembly of individual cells into large aggregates which more closely resemble the in vivo tissue equivalent. In this environment, dissociated cells can assemble and differentiate into macroscopic tissue aggregates several millimeters in size. These culture conditions allow for better cellular differentiation and formation of three-dimensional cellular aggregates, more efficient cell-to-cell interactions, the in in vivo-like exchange of growth factors and greater molecular scaffolding facilitating mechanical stability for cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignees: Department of Veterans Affairs, Administrators of the Tulane Education Fund
    Inventors: Timothy Grant Hammond, Cheryl Anne Nickerson
  • Patent number: 7241723
    Abstract: A composition for cleaning bearings in rotating equipment and industrial machinery that contains powdered limestone having a high calcium content dispersed in a calcium sulfonate grease, together with a colorant that readily enables a user to differentiate between contaminated grease, cleaning composition and fresh grease. A method is also disclosed that enables a user to clean and re-lubricate bearings without the need for removing the bearings from service or for shutting down the associated equipment or machinery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: NCH Corporation
    Inventors: Ruiming Zhang, Anthony Peter Wenzler, Michael Dennis Holloway
  • Patent number: 7240514
    Abstract: A carrier having a body with arcuate sidewall sections and an integrally formed base, the body being sufficiently rigid to support a plurality of individual canned or bottled beverages. The carrier also includes an internal coolant chamber, a durable handle, and an elastomeric, thermally insulative band that is releasably securable around the body to maintain the beverages in supported contact with the body until removed for consumption of the contained beverage. Upon removal of all beverage containers from the carrier, the band desirably contracts into engagement with the projecting portions of the body perimeter to reduce the overall volume defined by the carrier. Shoulders are preferably provided on the body of the carrier to assist in maintaining the elastomeric band in a preferred positional alignment relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Inventor: Lonnie F. Gary
  • Patent number: D546005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Harper, Scott Skurdalsvold, Ralph VanSkiver, Melaney Northrop
  • Patent number: D546151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Ellis Williams, James P. Frankewich
  • Patent number: D546152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Ellis Williams, James P. Frankewich
  • Patent number: D546892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Cytex Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Malte Bruegmann
  • Patent number: D548898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Melaney Northrop, Michael A. Foster
  • Patent number: D549407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Iron-Tongue, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory P. Donovan, Fred T. Gregovich
  • Patent number: D549659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Airborn, Inc.
    Inventor: Neil Patrick Dever
  • Patent number: D551399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Harper, Scott Skurdalsvold, Ralph VanSkiver
  • Patent number: D551681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Steve Rhea, Kiyo Hoshino
  • Patent number: D554859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing, Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Sides, Nathan Tierney, Justin Pendleton
  • Patent number: D554983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: NCH Corporation
    Inventor: Chad Hewitt Jones
  • Patent number: D555292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Harper, Scott Skurdalsvold, Ralph VanSkiver, Melaney Northrop
  • Patent number: D555294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Melaney Northrop
  • Patent number: D557867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Melaney Northrop